Corvair Forum

ok so my 64 has been in stoage for a few months and I started it up to move it around in the building before they detel the car for me "stored at gatway classice cars" and when I started the car sounded like a lifter just hammering away shut it down oils full so I started it again with a oil gage on it it has 30 ish psig but as it was warming up it started to go away does these happen a lot to this cars or $$$$

Your description symptoms is that of a hydraulic lifter that has collapsed. Sometimes, when an engine is shut down, a valve will held open by the camshaft position. The valve spring pressure on the lifter, over a period of time, will actually collapse the lifter. When the engine is restarted, the noise.

Most times, the noise will slowly go away while driving. Try a short trip around the block, getting the engine to warm up. Should the noise continue after driving a few miles,
a valve adjustment might be needed.

ok this sounds like a bad bad idea but what do you think if I fill the motor with disiel and make something t just pump it though r something think that uld clean it up

The idea of cleaning the inside of the engine always is a good idea, but that what detergent oil will do, and using the diesel seems unneeded unless there is more to the story.

no no more to the story thinks for the replys though just thinking out loud now like I said it did go away after running for awall like 20mins or so but the next day it did this again im guessing to replace the lifters is a tottle tare down and that's not what I want to do

The type and viscosity of the oil may be an issue

If you live in an area where the weather temperature has dramatic changes, a multigrade could be needed. In the Hemet area, near Palm Sprigs, hot days are common.

I choose to run a detergent, single weight oil, usually 40 wt.

If the engine is a fresh rebuild, a non detergent oil is my choice for the first few hundred miles. The detergent causes dirt to stay in circulation, so the oil filter can remove the dirt, but a fresh engine will have lots of fine shavings as the rings begin to wear in. I don't want the filings floating around. Using a magnetic drain plug helps with that.

After a few hundred miles, a good oil change and then detergent oil seems to make sense.

ive used sae 30wt and change it evey 500 mils lol I know but I don't put if I did fill it with disiel I wouldin run the motor just a drill on the oil pump